accent aigu

From Latin accentus (“accent”) acūtus (“sharp”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “accent”) ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”). For more detail, see French accent, aigu.

Cognate to English acute accent.

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɑ̃.t‿ɛ.ɡy/, /ak.sɑ̃.t‿e.ɡy/

accent aigu m (plural accents aigus)

1. acute accent

   Antonym: accent grave

• Norwegian Bokmål: accent aigu

• accent circonflexe

Borrowed from French accent aigu (“acute accent”).

• IPA^(key): /akˈsaŋ.ɛɡyː/
• Rhymes: -yː

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• Hyphenation: ac‧cent‧ai‧gu

accent aigu m (definite singular accent aiguen, indefinite plural accent aiguer, definite plural accent aiguene)

1. (orthography) an acute accent (a diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages)
   • 1985, Gerd Brantenberg, Ved fergestedet, page 153:

     [lærerinnen] kom med accent aigu og accent grave. Og det underlige skjedde at Frida Grytum i løpet av få uker hadde ført Paris inn i klasseværelset

     [the teacher] came with acute accent and grave accent. And the strange thing happened that in a few weeks Frida Grytum had brought Paris into the classroom

   Synonyms: akutt, akutt aksent, akutt-tegn

   Antonyms: accent grave, gravis, gravistegn

• accent grave (“grave accent”) and accent circonflexe (“circumflex”)

• aigu “accent aigu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “accent aigu” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “akutt aksent” in Store norske leksikon